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<blockquote data-quote="Erdric Dragin" data-source="post: 8179308" data-attributes="member: 6785197">So I'm reading the DMG in the monster creation section but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to advance a monster and excactly WHEN I should increase their Challenge Rating?I'm having a Boar be the first battle for two of my kids playing the game in their first combat encounter. I want the Boar to have an AC of 13 instead of 11. According to the DMG on pg. 274, if I increase AC by 2, then the CR goes up by 1 (or 1 step). So it should be CR 1/2 and not 1/4, if I do that, according to the rules. However, because its AC is 13 (which is the same as any creature CR 3 or less) does this mean I HAVE to increase it's HP to between 50-70 and its damage output to 6-8/round in order to match the CR 1/2 alongside the AC increase as per the table on pg. 274, or is the +2 AC good enough alone for the CR increase? While I'm at it, is there a website with online tools that can calculate new CR if I input a creature's stats in myself? That'd be the easiest route I guess.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Erdric Dragin, post: 8179308, member: 6785197"] So I'm reading the DMG in the monster creation section but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to advance a monster and excactly WHEN I should increase their Challenge Rating? I'm having a Boar be the first battle for two of my kids playing the game in their first combat encounter. I want the Boar to have an AC of 13 instead of 11. According to the DMG on pg. 274, if I increase AC by 2, then the CR goes up by 1 (or 1 step). So it should be CR 1/2 and not 1/4, if I do that, according to the rules. However, because its AC is 13 (which is the same as any creature CR 3 or less) does this mean I HAVE to increase it's HP to between 50-70 and its damage output to 6-8/round in order to match the CR 1/2 alongside the AC increase as per the table on pg. 274, or is the +2 AC good enough alone for the CR increase? While I'm at it, is there a website with online tools that can calculate new CR if I input a creature's stats in myself? That'd be the easiest route I guess. [/QUOTE]

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